Vehicle transporting means



March 1943' H. EKlN ET AL 2,436,959

VEHICLE TRANSPO RTING MEANS Filed June 17, 1946 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 IIETI FIG.2

l NVENTORS I HURSEL L,EK|N

JOSEPH O. YOUNG ATTORNEYS March Z, 1948. H. L. EKIVN ETAL 2,436,959

VEHI CLE TRANS PORT ING MEANS Filed Jun 17, 1946 s Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG.3

d m W0 INVENTORS N N HURSEL L. EKIN JOSEPH o. voume ATTO R NEYS March 948. H. L. .EKIN EIAL 2,436,959-

VEHICLE TRANSPORTING MEANS- 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed June 17, 1946 .lNVENTORS HURSEL L. EKIN JOSEPH Q.YOUNG AT TORN EVS Patented Mar. 2 1948 ICE poration 'otiohio n pneanonimneir, 1946, Serial partners This ir'ivention' relates" to transportation means, fanct'more .partfcularlytc means for transporting gravel, s mi cement and othermaterial of similar constitution: 'It isan obj V 'container'ifortransporting pourahlematerialsuch as cement which can easily befillediand unloaded wherevendes iiei j p, "It is another'objeot of "this invention tof provide' a container for transporting fpour'able "ma- 'terial whicnis'soconstructed asto allow its'transportati on' 'oii trailers, railroad cars, "and similar vehicles. j

Agturther object offthe "Invention consistsin 'th'e provision'jof 'a tarik-like con'tainerfor transporting. pourable material such as cement, which provided with :separateloading and unloading openings" and 'Whichhasmeans' associated therewith for conveying 'thcmateri'al to :be "unloaded to and junloading it from on'een'd of said cone jTlrjese' "and "other objects 'and adVantages of the invention will appear more clearl from the following specification in connection with the accompanying drawings. in which:

Figure 1 is asLideelevational view of a container constructed accordingtto the.invention and mounted on a trailer;

:Figure =2is atop view of the "container illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 31sa sectionralongithe line 3-3 of Figure 2;

K Figure 4 is a section along the line 4-4 of Figurefiis 'a section aloIi-g the-line -5 of Fig- 1 ct' 'ofinvention to provide a 5 213a has-pinned thereto a pin 24 which in its turn is pinned to a plate 25,. iIThe plate 25 is connected with a plurality oitongues'Zfi adapted to engage c'orrespondinglyshaped slots 21, while also passing underneatha flange 28 connected with the containerwall 29., The slots 21 are formed in elements connected to the lid '23 which i provided with a gasket 30. It will thus be clear that when the handle. 23a is rotated by apredetermined anglev the tongues 26 will slide under,- neath thefla'ngeZB and will pull the lid 23 downwardly jsoasfto cause'the latter properly to close the inlet 20. r

Thev container I0 is conically shaped at one end thereof asillustrated in Figure3. This end forms, the discharge opening 3| adapted to he closed by a"c1osure.32. "The closure 32 is pro vided with a gask'et'33 and has a central opening ,34 through which passes a threaded shaft I6 and are mounted in slots [5a provided in the support IS. The supports l5 and I6 are mounted on a trailer generally designated I! which may be of any conventional design. In order to prevent the container ID from moving in the direction of its longitudinal axis, the rollers I3 and I4 are provided with flanges I3 and I4 engaging one side of the annular portions forming the bearing surfaces II and I2 respectively.

35. [The thread '35a'of the shaft '35 engages a correspondingly threaded nut 35 which is conis connected in any convenient manner to'th'e closure 32. For similar reasons, the upper end of the thread 35a is surrounded by a bellows 33. Connected to the shaft '35 is ,a'hand wheel '39 for-operation of the shaft 35. In order to pretvent the closureBZ TfIOI'Il' rotating when the'hand v wheel 39' is actuated, the closure 32 is provided with a guide 40 engaging a flange 4| connected to the container. The closure 32 as well as the shaft 35 is surrounded by a casing 42 having an opening 42a at the lower end thereof. This opening is the actual discharge opening and has associated therewith a chute 43. The casing 42 with the chute 43 is preferably supported by the trailer l1, so that, during rotation of the container II], the casing 42 is held stationary without impeding the rotation of the discharge end of container ID in said casing 42.

Mounted inside the container and connected to the container wall 29 in any convenient manner is a plurality of conveyor blades 44. The conveyor blades adjacent the cone shaped portion 10a of the container II) have connected thereto 44, the container I is rotated. To this eflect,

the container I0 has mounted on the outside thereof a gear 46, the teeth 41 of which are preferably made of bent sections 410. as illustrated in Figure 6. The teeth 41 are engaged by links 48 of a chain 49a which also meshes with a pinion 49 rotatably mounted on the trailer 11. The

pinion 49 is mounted on a shaft 50 which has keyed thereto a gear 51. The gear is driven by a motor 52 of any desired type through a sprocket 53 and a chain 54. In this way the rotation of the container in may be effected independently of the prime mover operating the trailer l1. moved to the place where the material is to be unloaded, the prime ,movermay be disconnected from the trailer and may be used for other pur poses.

In order to prevent jumping of the container while it is bein transported, particularly over bumpy roads or the like, the trailer has connected thereto two holding bands generally designated at 55. Each band consists of the band proper 56 and a tensioning device 51. The tensioning device 57 includes a lever 58 which when moved upwardly actuates a link 59 in such a mannor as to release the tension of the band55. In this way the band 55 may be tightened ,prior to the transport of the container l0 so that the latter is firmly pressed upon its supporting rollers I3 and I4. However, when the container I0 is to be discharged and rotation of the container is required, the lever 58 is swung upwardly so that enough play will be provided between the band 55 and the container l0 to allow rotation of the latter by means of the motor 52.

It is of course understood that the present invention is by no means limited to the particular construction shown on the drawings, but also embraces any modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully set forth and described this invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is:

1. 'In combination, a container, inlet means distributed over the length of said container to allow filling of the latter, one end of said container being cone shaped and comprising outlet means for discharging the material from said container, chute means adjacent said outlet means, closure means operable selectively for opening and closing said outlet means, conveying blades connected to the inside of said container and operable to convey material to said outlet Thus, once the container III has been 4 means, supporting means for rotatably supporting said container and rotating means associated with said container for rotating the latter to thereby actuate said conveying blades, said rotating means including sprocket means, a chain passing over said sprocket means, and gear segments engaged by said chain and mounted on the outside of said container.

2. In combination, a container, spaced inlet and outlet means associated with said container for respectively filling and unloading said container, conveying blades connected to the inside of said container and operable to convey materialto said outlet means, gear means connected to the outside of said container and composed of a plurality of bent'gear sections, a prime mover comprising sprocket means, and chain means bperatively interconnecting said sprocket means 1 and said gear means to allow rotation of said container for operating said conveying blades,

1 i 3. In combination, a container, inlet and outlet means associated with said container for filling and unloading said container, conveying means arranged on the inside of said container and connected thereto for conveying material to said outlet means, one end of said container being provided with a cone-shaped portion having the walls thereof arranged so as to diverge toward the outside and defining said outlet means, outlet closure means arranged to fit into said coneshaped portion and operable manually for selectively opening or closing said outlet means, housing means surrounding said cone-shaped portion and rigidly connected to said container, operating means supported by said housing means and operable for actuating said outlet closure means, ejector means arranged adjacent said outlet means and connected to the adjacent conveying means for ejecting the material from said cone shaped portion, spaced supporting means including roller means for rotatably supporting said container, and drivin means for rotating said container to thereby actuate; said conveying means.

HURSEL L. EKIN. JOSEPH 0. YOUNG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Schulter Feb. 12, 1935 

